I spent a week with the new Chromebook, and never once felt like I was using an underpowered netbook.

Instead, the Chromebook experience feels closer to an iPad. If Google had allowed Android apps to be on this device, it'd be a real winner.

The Chromebook is not for a power user. The device is for a consumer who wants to get things done and enjoy the web without all the extras most computers come with. It's dead simple to go online, read email, download Chrome Store apps, create a document, etc.

After a couple of days, I started to see just how different the Chromebook was from my MacBook Air. It made me wonder how the two stacked up against each other.